Senior Income Accountant: Sponsorship Available

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Accountant or finalist to join the Income and Contacting team at Walsall Healthcare Trust taking the lead on income and activity monitoring / reporting and supporting the attainment of the Trust’s financial performance.

The successful candidate will provide the Trust’s management teams with a high quality comprehensive financial advisory service on all aspects of Income and activity. Advising and influencing management teams, covering large and particularly high risk budgets, on the implications of highly complex financial strategy and policy on behalf of the Head of Income and Costing.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the job is to:

  •  Manage the routine production and reporting of finance and activity values for all Service Level Agreements (contracts) that the Trust has with NHS commissioners.
  • Develop and maintain of finance & information systems/processes that support invoicing and debt control for Service Level Agreements.
  • Support the Head of Costing & Income in the derivation of contract prices and provide information to support Service Level Agreement (contract) negotiations and monitoring.
  • Reconciliation of Trust income & activity with SUS data, agree charges & refunds as appropriate.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Have an accounting qualification or equivalent experience in an income or SUS monitoring teams

Desirable

  • SQL experience

Experience

Essential

  • At least 5 years experience in a finance or equivalent function

Technical / Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of amending technical reporting structures from year to year in line with changing requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 17 April 2025

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